{"id":2328942,"date":"2024-08-22T03:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T07:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-expands-border-work-arounds-despite-drop-in-illegal-crossings-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T03:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T07:42:44","slug":"biden-expands-border-work-arounds-despite-drop-in-illegal-crossings-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-expands-border-work-arounds-despite-drop-in-illegal-crossings-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden expands border work-arounds despite drop in illegal crossings &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-expands-border-work-arounds-despite-drop-in-illegal-crossings-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200c Biden administration is addressing the nation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">illegal immigration crisis<\/a>, which has\u200d significantly reduced illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. Following a peak of 371,000 encounters in December 2022,\u2062 illegal \u2062crossings dropped to \u2062their lowest levels during Biden&#8217;s tenure by \u2062July 2023,\u2062 thanks to collaborations with Mexico and new deterrent measures. Despite this decline, Republican lawmakers argue that the reduction is misleading, citing record high\u200c encounters of inadmissible aliens at ports of\u2064 entry due to what \u200cthey describe as ineffective and unlawful\u2062 mass-parole programs instituted by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has also expanded lawful pathways\u2064 for immigration, sparking controversy \u2064among Republicans who accuse it of overstepping Congress&#8217;s role in\u2064 setting immigration levels. \u2063Key initiatives include the enhanced CBP One app that allows migrants in northern Mexico to schedule appointments at ports of entry, giving them a \u200dlegal means to enter the \u2064U.S., as well as the CHNV program permitting up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, \u200bNicaragua, and Venezuela to be admitted monthly\u2062 under specific criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-propose-bipartisan-bill-to-tackle-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Lawmakers propose bipartisan bill to tackle border crisis\">regional processing centers<\/a> are being\u2063 introduced to streamline the immigration process. While these initiatives have facilitated significant legal admissions, they have also faced criticism for\u2062 potential exploitation and for not addressing the root causes of \u2064migration, raising \u2063further debates on the administration&#8217;s immigration strategy as the upcoming elections \u200bloom.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden expands border workarounds despite major drop in illegal crossings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1728843\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration has, for the time being, bailed itself out of the country&rsquo;s worst illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> crisis in history &mdash; just in time for the November election.<\/p>\n<p>The number of migrants encountered attempting to enter the United States by coming over the southern border illegally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3108722\/illegal-immigration-drops-trump-era-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dropped in July<\/a> to the lowest levels seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a>, comparable to historic norms under the Trump and Obama administrations.<\/p>\n<p>The steady decline in crossings has been months in the making since peaking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2819005\/immigrant-encounters-border-surpassed-all-time-record-december\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>371,000<\/a> total migrants encountered last December.<\/p>\n<p>As the Biden administration has worked with Mexico to deter migrants from heading north and implemented its own deterrence mechanisms through executive action, however, it is simultaneously expanding workarounds for migrants outside the country to be admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have objected to the Biden administration&rsquo;s quest to increase lawful pathways to the U.S. since day one and claim the drop in border arrests is smoke and mirrors at best.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Despite a recent decrease in illegal crossings between ports of entry, encounters of inadmissible aliens at ports of entry are at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/house.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98549d605f077248c2019d3db&amp;id=9b6c367696&amp;e=c215e959f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>record highs<\/a>, in large part because the administration has devised numerous, unlawful mass-parole programs encouraging them to enter this way,&rdquo; House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/08\/20\/no_biden_harris_border_crisis_is_not_over_151475.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>op-ed<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico walk past large buoys being deployed as a border barrier on the river in Eagle Pass, Texas, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How crossings declined<\/h2>\n<p>In a way, the Biden administration has done what Republicans said could not be done without returning to the Trump administration&rsquo;s tough border policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S.-Mexico border is at the lowest point for migration since the Biden administration began, because of a crackdown in Mexico and sharp new limits on asylum access,&rdquo; wrote Adam Isacson, director of defense oversight for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anal-rape-with-a-stick-bbc-report-details-systemic-rape-in-uighur-concentration-camps\/\" title=\"\u2018Anal Rape With A Stick\u2019: BBC Report Details Systemic Rape In Uighur Concentration Camps\">human rights group<\/a> the Washington Office on Latin America, in a recent analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2671287\/biden-sending-us-officials-to-mexico-following-johnson-plea-to-fix-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>visited<\/a> Mexico in December 2023 to get a hold of the crippling situation at the shared border.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2024, Mexico implemented roadway checkpoints and patrols to crack down on vehicles and trains moving migrants north through Mexico. Most migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border originated from outside of Mexico and traveled to South or Central America and then north into Mexico and onto the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico also began busing migrants encountered in northern Mexico to southern Mexico. Mexico&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/how-the-u-s-and-mexico-drove-border-crossings-down-in-an-election-year-6672071f?mod=americas_news_article_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>self-declared<\/a> &ldquo;Chutes and Ladders&rdquo; program moved 60,000 migrants away from the U.S. border, according to numbers that Mexican advocacy group Institute for Women in Migration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/how-the-u-s-and-mexico-drove-border-crossings-down-in-an-election-year-6672071f?mod=americas_news_article_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shared with<\/a> the <em>Wall Street Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The state of Texas has also touted its work deterring illegal immigrants from Mexico as a reason that crossings have declined. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced this month that apprehensions of illegal immigrants entering Texas were down <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/operation-lone-star-decreases-illegal-crossings-into-texas-by-85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>85%<\/a> since early 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo toward the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo\/Christian Chavez, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Biden and Harris expanded pathways for migrants<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration has expanded the ways by which migrants outside the country can be admitted, though Republicans have accused them of setting immigration levels, a job that is meant to be the responsibility of Congress, not the White House.<\/p>\n<p>This White House has put forward three programs or methods to give migrants an alternative way to enter.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CBP One app appointment at ports of entry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First, the administration expanded the capabilities of a phone app called CBP One that existed before the Biden administration. The CBP One app was previously and is still used by truck drivers to submit manifest information before arriving at a port of entry.<\/p>\n<p>CBP One was expanded in 2022 to allow for migrants from anywhere in the world who have made it to northern Mexico to be able to schedule appointments with U.S. customs officers at ports of entry. Once at the port of entry for their appointment, officers will discern if the individual meets the criteria for admission, and he or she will typically be released into the U.S. on parole.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have complained that allowing migrants to schedule appointments with customs officers incentivizes migrants to travel to northern Mexico. Republicans also take issue with how the app sends migrants to the ports and technically counts would-be illegal crossers under a different category, making the illegal immigration numbers technically lower.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have argued that the new CBP One app function cuts down on people walking into the country between the ports. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona, to seek asylum. (AP Photo\/Eugene Garcia, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most recent data shared with Congress revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/08\/16\/chairman-green-on-biden-harris-improper-expansion-of-access-to-cbp-one-app-we-all-know-why-they-are-doing-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>more than 95%<\/a> of migrants who scheduled appointments between Jan. 12, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2023, were released into the country. Because the number of daily appointments available has fluctuated since the program was rolled out, estimates on admissions are likely in the hundreds of thousands. CBP did not respond to a request for data.<\/p>\n<p>Late last week, the Biden administration announced that it would expand who could request appointments. Now, anyone in Mexico can request an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We all know why they are doing this &mdash; massive numbers of illegal aliens showing up at the Southwest border is politically embarrassing for Biden and his &lsquo;border czar&rsquo; Harris, and optics, not sound policy, are what drive this administration,&rdquo; said Green in a <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/08\/16\/chairman-green-on-biden-harris-improper-expansion-of-access-to-cbp-one-app-we-all-know-why-they-are-doing-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CBP and its parent department, the Department of Homeland Security, have not publicly stated if they will increase the number of appointments per day given the greater number of people who will be eligible to request appointments.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CHNV Program to fly in approved migrants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Second, in January 2023 the Biden administration created another way within the CBP One app that migrants outside the U.S. can seek admission.<\/p>\n<p>The CHNV program, which stands for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, allows up to 30,000 people from those four countries to be admitted each month, in total. Citizens of those countries live under repressive regimes and have arrived at the border at record-high rates since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must prove that they have an adult sponsor in the U.S. and are capable of paying for a one-way commercial airline ticket into the country, as well as meet other criteria.<\/p>\n<p>As Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy issues at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, wrote in an Aug. 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexnowrasteh.com\/p\/expanding-legal-immigration-reduced?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1229135&amp;post_id=147798554&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=9bhcj&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Substack<\/a>, the program has been successful at &ldquo;diverting many of them from making the perilous and chaotic journey to the U.S.-Mexico border to instead legally flying here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Migrants cross a barbed-wire barrier at the US-Mexico border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo\/Christian Chavez, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nowrasteh defended the administration&rsquo;s decision to create the program in the first place and said it satisfied a need that Congress has refused to address in a bipartisan way by not moving on immigration reform legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The main reason the Biden administration created the [CHNV] program was to reduce the number of unlawful entries along the U.S.-Mexico border,&rdquo; said Nowrasteh. &ldquo;Border chaos was out of control, and the political problems for the Biden administration were so severe that they finally considered a liberalization of rules under [CHNV] parole after trying everything else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-releases-june-2024-monthly-update#:~:text=In%20June%202024%2C%20CBP%20processed,air%2C%20truck%2C%20and%20rail\" title>nearly 500,000<\/a> migrants have successfully used the CBP One app to submit application materials to the U.S. government and been paroled into the country. <\/p>\n<p>Senior Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/08\/14\/chairmen-green-higgins-bishop-demand-documents-information-on-chnv-mass-parole-program-after-dhs-admission-of-widespread-fraud\/\" title>told<\/a> Mayorkas in a letter last week that the Immigration and Nationality Act only allows parole to be granted &ldquo;on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit&rdquo; &mdash; not as the Biden administration has used it to admit hundreds of thousands of migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The program was suddenly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3109040\/biden-dhs-halts-immigration-program-fraud-claims-migrants\/\" title>suspended<\/a> in mid-July and only announced to the public a month later after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unfair-woke-tech-company-slack-bans-conservative-group-from-platform\/\" title=\"UNFAIR: Woke Tech Company Slack Bans Conservative Group From Platform\">immigration restrictionist group<\/a>, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, exposed that a government audit had determined the CHNV program was ripe with fraud despite the Biden administration&rsquo;s statements that all migrants admitted were screened and vetted.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regional processing centers <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last April, the U.S. announced plans to open regional processing centers in several South American and Central American countries that immigrants most often travel through to get to the U.S. Its first processing centers were set up in Colombia and&nbsp;Guatemala. Three more were opened in Ecuador and Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Individuals from the region will be able to make an appointment on their phone to visit the nearest [regional processing center] before traveling, receive an interview with immigration specialists, and if eligible, be processed rapidly for lawful pathways to the United States, Canada, and Spain,&rdquo; according to a government fact sheet that outlined the policy changes.<\/p>\n<p>Migrants may be deemed eligible for refugee resettlement, humanitarian parole, family reunification, labor pathways, and seeking asylum in host countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas admitted that the centers would only be capable of processing up to 6,000 people a month &mdash; roughly the number of immigrants arrested attempting to enter the U.S. illegally every day in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>DHS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have not disclosed data on the regional processing centers.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1728843\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1728843\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden increases border alternatives despite significant decrease in illegal crossings<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has temporarily alleviated the nation&#8217;s most severe illegal immigration crisis, coinciding with the upcoming November elections. In July, encounters with migrants attempting to illegally cross the southern border fell to their lowest levels during Biden&#8217;s presidency, aligning with historical trends seen under both Trump and Obama. This decline in crossings has been developing for several months after peaking at 371,000 encounters last December. While collaborating with Mexico to discourage migration northward and implementing its own deterrent measures through executive actions, the administration is also broadening options for migrants outside the U.S. to gain entry.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have criticized Biden&#8217;s efforts to create more legal pathways into the U.S., arguing that the reduction in border arrests is misleading. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) stated that while there has been a recent drop in illegal crossings between ports of entry, encounters of inadmissible individuals at those ports are at record highs due largely to various unlawful mass-parole programs encouraging such entries.<\/p>\n<p>The decline in crossings can be attributed partly to increased enforcement by Mexico and stricter asylum regulations. Adam Isacson from the Washington Office on Latin America noted that this situation reflects a significant crackdown on migration since Biden took office.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2024, Mexican authorities implemented checkpoints and patrols aimed at reducing migrant movement toward the U.S., while also relocating many migrants from northern Mexico back south through a program called &#8220;Chutes and Ladders.&#8221; Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) reported an 85% decrease in apprehensions of illegal immigrants entering Texas since early 2021.<\/p>\n<p>To facilitate legal entry for migrants abroad, the Biden administration has introduced three main programs: <\/p>\n<p>1. **CBP One App**: The app was expanded so that migrants from anywhere who reach northern Mexico can schedule appointments with U.S. customs officers at ports of entry. Most individuals who secured appointments between January and September 2023 were released into the U.S., although Republicans argue this encourages more people to travel northward.<\/p>\n<p>2. **CHNV Program**: Launched in January 2023 for citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela\u2014countries facing oppressive regimes\u2014this program allows up to 30,000 people per month from these nations to enter legally if they have sponsors in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Regional Processing Centers**: Announced last April across South America and Central America (with centers established in Colombia and Guatemala), these facilities allow potential immigrants to apply for various lawful pathways before traveling north.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these initiatives aiming at managing immigration effectively amid political pressures surrounding border security issues ahead of elections, critics maintain that they undermine established laws regarding immigration processes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2328943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/border-patrol-arrests.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,32282,38918,3813,32076],"class_list":["post-2328942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-border-policy","tag-illegal-crossings","tag-immigration","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/border-patrol-arrests.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}